Re: new pc finally arrived and have to make decisions-help

["Robert Holmgren" holmgren@xxxxxxxx]

** Reply to message from "Avrom Fischer"  on Fri, 16 Dec 2005
16:16:24 -0200

Want my opinion?

> wondering would it pay to create and use a windows 98se dos prompt boot disk

Painful. Forget it. You want to be up, all the time, in one OpSys.

> suggestions on what os I should use

What have you got? If the choice is 98SE or XP, use XP. What's preloaded --
anything?

Get a partitioning tool before you do anything. I use Partition Magic. Break
that huge disk down:

10Gb for C: and operating system (FAT32)
4Gb for D: and PAGEFILE.SYS (only file on this drive) (NTFS)
25Gb for E: and applications (install all applications here!) (FAT32)
25Gb for F: and databases (NTFS)
All remaining space on G: (NTFS)

Then start installing apps to E: and F:
Use G: for video and other huge files
Direct Virtual Memory to D:\ (Control Panel - System - Advanced - Performance)
Direct the %TMP% and %TEMP% environment variables away from C: also, e.g. they
could go on G:
Set the TaskBar/Start Menu style to Classic, so that it is less toy-like
Whatever else you like...

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Robert Holmgren
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